My lawn set up......

[honeydoman]

thought you all would get a kick out of my lawn set up..... I used the ts55 and the rail to rip some siding down to fit under a screened in porch we were redoing... just set it right on the lawn and cut away..... grass and all.

used the kapex to cut to length the siding... if you are realllllll carefullllll you can cut it without it exploding! and chiping away...

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

Was that Cedar bevel siding or something else?

I use a couple garbage cans to cut on with my 55. [big grin]

 

[honeydoman]

nope just cheep vinyl siding to match the house.  so it was pretty flymsey

 

[Ken Nagrod]

Hey Kreg!

Don't know if this is true, but I know you're not supposed to touch the grass/dirt with a chain saw because that dulls the teeth.  Wouldn't that be the same with a circ saw?

Ken

 

[stvrowe]

If you used a TS75 instead, you could mow your lawn 36% faster assuming the same overlap on each pass.  I am sure the splinter free cuts will result in a much healthier lawn.   ;D

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

nope just cheep vinyl siding to match the house.  so it was pretty flymsey

It is quicker, imo, to just use a big set of snips.

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

Hey Kreg!

Don't know if this is true, but I know you're not supposed to touch the grass/dirt with a chain saw because that dulls the teeth.  Wouldn't that be the same with a circ saw?

Ken

I am sure it was a muck blade, I have one for my 55 and for my Kapex (sorry factory blade) [sad]

 

[Corwin]

If you used a TS75 instead, you could mow your lawn 36% faster assuming the same overlap on each pass.  I am sure the splinter free cuts will result in a much healthier lawn.   ;D

I'm purdy sure you'ld need the parallel guides to do that!  [blink]

 

[DavidCBaker]

I hope you called the gas company before you started digging like that!  [tongue]

The moles must have thought they were starring in a killer movie.

 

[tbellemare]

Don't know if this is true, but I know you're not supposed to touch the grass/dirt with a chain saw because that dulls the teeth.  Wouldn't that be the same with a circ saw?

I believe that is true with regard to dirt but not grass. The kind of grass we generally have here is St. Augustine. It looks like in that yard also. It has enough loft that you can cut on it and it acts like the pink insulation. If properly adjusted, all your blade will cut is grass.

I've cut a lot of hardi-panel that way.

Tom

 

[honeydoman]

I guess you might call it "going green"

(I can't take credit for that one someone else posted that comment on another forum I am on)

 

[mattfc]

I believe that is true with regard to dirt but not grass.

Earth tends to have sand and grit in it which will dull the blade.. grass won't.. much softer than wood in any event!

 

[Notorious T.O.D.]

Mmmm....then why do I have to sharpen my mower blades...???

Best,
Todd [big grin]

 

[honeydoman]

Well do you have a Festool lawnmower? 

Well that's why!  Lol

 

[jmbfestool]

I dont know if I could be bothered to keep bending down to cut. I use to do it all the time till I worked with a lad who always got him self set up with bench and trestles at the start of the job  and I started to do it and preferred working standing up most the time.

Is that the New Milwaukee Radio?!?! Is it any good I have been waiting long time for it to come out in the UK

Just noticed on the last picture the second row from the bottom the joint being slighty out it angles up (its the shadow which made it stand out to me) [tongue] [poke]

 

[nickao]

Yeah who could work off the ground all day. The first thing we ever did on a job if no one had an existing set up was to take 30 minutes to make some horses.

One time I was working on the ground and the boss came flying in really bitching at me saying that working on the ground made it seem like I didn't want to work(though the drill was in my hand running) and looked very unprofessional to the clients.

Over the years my biggest issue is my back, I can't work off the ground if I wanted to now.

One of my guys almost lost an eye becasue he was working off the ground near some gravel and a small pebble got in the circular saw, of course flying up in his face once the saw was turned on. Workers comp claim. After that the crew was still laying the saw on the ground in the same spot, some people just will not learn.

 

[mattfc]

Mmmm....then why do I have to sharpen my mower blades...??
Todd [big grin]

Does it have carbide tipped teeth? Anything will with cuts make a blade dull, like cutting veg with a knife.. just saying your knife would get blunted quicker cutting wood than grass

 

[tbellemare]

My mower blades cut plenty of wood. I don't bother to go around and pick up all the little twigs, just the bigger stuff.

Tom

 

[jmbfestool]

My mower blades cut plenty of wood. I don't bother to go around and pick up all the little twigs, just the bigger stuff.

Tom

My lawnmower cuts stones! lol because the dog likes playing fetch often stons are thrown into the garden. 

 

[jmbfestool]

Yeah who could work off the ground all day. The first thing we ever did on a job if no one had an existing set up was to take 30 minutes to make some horses.

One time I was working on the ground and the boss came flying in really bitching at me saying that working on the ground made it seem like I didn't want to work(though the drill was in my hand running) and looked very unprofessional to the clients.

Over the years my biggest issue is my back, I can't work off the ground if I wanted to now.

One of my guys almost lost an eye becasue he was working off the ground near some gravel and a small pebble got in the circular saw, of course flying up in his face once the saw was turned on. Workers comp claim. After that the crew was still laying the saw on the ground in the same spot, some people just will not learn.

I agree it does look unprofessional when I see blokes now working of the floor and using their leg to rest the wood on while cutting it with a circular saw.

(I do it some times thought I must admit when I am all the way upstairs and im set up down stairs)

I find when your set up you tend to do a better job because you can be more bothered to just go back and do that little extra alteration on a cut instead of thinking na be fine.

JMB